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SunPower receives exemption from Trump tariffs, shares soar

SunPower is based in San Jose, California but produces most of its solar products in Mexico and the Philippines. The exemption covers SunPower’s premium, high-efficiency interdigitated back contact (IBC) cells and modules, which the company argued stood apart from the cheap, commoditized imports that dominate the market and were the target of the tariffs. “With today’s decision that SunPower’s highly differentiated IBC cells and modules are excluded from tariffs, we are able to turn the page,” SunPower Chief Executive Tom Werner said in a statement. …read more […]

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Tesla, Musk face criminal probe over go-private statements: Bloomberg

Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while DoJ declined to comment. Federal prosecutors opened a fraud investigation, the report said, citing two people familiar with the matter, over Musk’s tweets in early August that he had secured funding for a buyout deal valued at $72 billion, before backing off. …read more […]

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Apple’s new iPhones a slight notch above the X – reviewers

The new iPhones have subtle additions to last year’s reimagined iPhone X, the tenth anniversary phone, and do not look very different aside from the ginormous size, several reviewers said. The iPhone XS, pronounced “ten S,” and XS Max were launched on Sept. 12. The XS has a 5.8-inch screen, and starts at $999 while the XS Max, the largest iPhone to date has a 6.5-inch screen, with a base price of $1,099. …read more […]